. @DOGE_GSA FYI, seems like our taxpayer money pays for Punchbowl News subscriptions? @DOGE_GSA Punchbowl News ads brag about 65,000 weekly impressions. That is laughably low.

That also means: they literally launder access between corporations and Congress / other policymakers.

. @PunchbowlNews would you like to comment on this business model I've reversed engineered of how you keep @LeaderJohnThune in line? @PunchbowlNews @LeaderJohnThune Punchbowl, would you also like to comment on how virtually every major sponsor of yours has donated to John Thune for a total of 1.2 million?

@AndrewDesiderio , any comments?

I'd been looking at PAC contributions when I should have been looking at the people who actually have daily access to the Capitol - the media. The true lobbyists.

Punchbowl News represents a whole lot of powerful industries and they are unflinching admirers of Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

John Thune is the "paid influencer ecosystem." 𝕏 merely exposed how that machinery works in the Senate.

Just look at the posts of @AndrewDesiderio , their senior Senate "correspondent." Almost every single one is about defeating the SAVE America Act and praising Thune.

Punchbowl isn't shy about where their money comes from. Founder Jack Sherman himself admitted that 90% of Punchbowl's revenue is from "corporate sponsorships." They made 10 million dollars in revenue their first year... what kind of "journalist" company pulls that off?

The podcast featuring them outright describes their business model as getting their money from "sponsorships bought by trade groups and companies looking to get their public affairs messaging in front of those making and influencing policy."

Punchbowl got in ethical hot water when they treated a whole bunch of lobbyists to luxury box seats at a NFL game.

If you want to know why SAVE America Act is being slow-walked...

Start with @PunchbowlNews .

. @AndrewDesiderio do you want to share which of your employer's clients are against the SAVE America Act, or should I figure it out myself?

🛰️ New Article: Building an OSINT Pipeline to Cut Through the Iranian Conflict Noise.

SPOILER ALERT: We're winning.

I just published a long-form analysis on the Iran conflict and the strategic dynamics around it. Sorry for the Substack-only publication; the article itself was far too long and complex in formatting to publish with 𝕏 tooling. (Feedback to the 𝕏 team - if you can just make full Markdown capability, I would be thrilled.)

Before anything else: I'm only a civilian data analyst, not a military officer or intelligence professional. This piece is the result of two weeks of intensive work where I did something unusual.... I built and experimented with an AI-assisted OSINT synthesis pipeline using military doctrine, think tank research, and public reporting.

Part of the goal was to produce something useful for readers.

But honestly, the bigger goal was education for myself, forcing a structured process to sort signal from noise in an information environment that's chaotic right now.

The pipeline pulls from sources like CSIS, ISW, CEPA, ISIS nuclear reporting, CENTCOM and IDF briefings, plus open-source economic and energy data. Where I step beyond what those sources explicitly state, I mark it clearly as [ASSESSED] and try to show the reasoning.

This article is the first full output of that process.

If you have expertise in:
🔹 air campaign planning
🔹 nuclear nonproliferation
🔹 Middle East security policy
🔹 energy markets
🔹 OSINT methodology

I would genuinely welcome corrections, critiques, or improvements. The entire point is to make the analytical process more rigorous over time.

The pipeline itself will keep evolving. Bring on the rotten tomatoes.

Link in next post 👇 datarepublican.substack.com/p/data-analysi…

🧵WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING: Meet David Pascoe, candidate for SC Attorney General. He's running as a Republican. But is he actually a Democrat?

Joe Biden is in South Carolina today.

Which makes this the perfect moment to introduce you to David Pascoe, candidate for SC Attorney General, running as a Republican, and what he said about Joe Biden in January 2020:

"He is the most decent man I have ever met in American politics. Joe has been a role model of mine for many years. He is someone my sons look up to. Joe is the first and only candidate I have ever endorsed for public office."

That's not only a Democrat who voted for Biden. That's a Democrat who hosted Biden's campaign fundraiser at his own annual oyster roast, endorsed him for president, and was Biden's frontrunner to become US Attorney for South Carolina.

David Pascoe spent 20+ years as an elected Democrat, 6 consecutive terms as SC First Circuit Solicitor. He pushed DEI-style racial quota systems for SC judges as recently as December 2023. Six months before his "conversion," he endorsed a Democratic state rep who voted against banning gender procedures on minors.

And here are the receipts. 👇

As always, patience as I pull together this thread. David Pascoe spent 20+ years as an elected Democrat, 6 consecutive terms as SC First Circuit Solicitor. On April 10, 2025, he switched to the GOP. SC Dem Chair Christale Spain says he "has been trying to find a lane to run for higher office."

If you're a subscriber, enter your oppo research request below! I haven't scaled it out yet, so can only do about 3 a day. It also helps if you pair a name with a focus (e.g., investigate connections to so-and-so entity)

I'll prioritize the requests with highest likes.

https://twitter.com/GrumpyTechBro/status/2027474605552943212

John Thune report here, next up is Gavin Newsom and Tina Kotek:
drive.google.com/file/d/1RURJvF…

🧵 THREAD: The JB Pritzker Files

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is positioning himself as the Democratic hero of 2028.

But before the national press crowns him, let's look at what he's built.

As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇
In 2008, FBI wiretaps caught JB Pritzker on the phone multiple times trading political appointment strategies.

🧵 THREAD: Reid Hoffman: the quintessential "Defender of Democracy"

LinkedIn founder and tech mogul Reid Hoffman has spent endless millions making himself indispensable to the democracy ecosystem. Here's just a sampling :

🔹 Created fake "Russian bot accounts" to create allegations of Russia helping a 2017 Senate election
🔹 Mis-stated the extent of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein and how long he continued to meet with Epstein
🔹 Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, the mysterious foreign-policy thinktank which receives money from both US and foreign governments
🔹 Highly influential in foreign policy circles: Bilderberg Group, Council on Foreign Relations, and more
🔹Along with George Soros, one of the biggest donors to American Bridge 21st Century, a Brock-ran PAC designed to trash Republican candidates

You'd think that @RadioFreeTom , if he were so worried about lack of expertise, he would be calling out those people who spend enormous amounts of money interfering and shaping US elections. But, instead, nah, it's the West Virginia blue collar guy who's ruining America.... not the fact that people like Reid Hoffman and Jeffrey Epstein can buy their way into the highest levels of global influence.

Here's the highlights of Reid Hoffman.

As always, patience as I pull together the thread👇 In 2017, with Roy Moore vs. Doug Jones in Alabama, Hoffman quietly invested $750,000 in a group called American Engagement Technologies.

What that money bought is one of the most shocking stories in recent political history you've never heard of.

🧵THREAD: All about the foreign-influenced Western media called Grayzone and Iranian protests

Last month, 𝕏 celebrated the Iranian protests.

Then they ... just disappeared from the headlines, and it came out quietly that hundreds and even thousands of protesters were brutally massacred.

So why did the story mostly die?

Because an influence operation ran by a foreign-backed media group called Grayzone turned a massacre into a debate about who was really behind the protests. A new report from @ncri_io , published February 19, documents exactly how it worked: the seeding, the laundering, and who did the amplifying.

As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇
Before the first protester was shot, IRGC-affiliated Fars News was already calling the December 28 uprising "an enemy psychological operation."

🧵THREAD: Is Trump's hunch about foreign influence in SCOTUS correct?

After the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on tariffs, Trump said "It's my opinion that the court has been swayed by foreign interests and a political movement that is far smaller than people would ever think."

Trump is likely referring to the ideology of supranationalism -- a centuries-old ideology that considered tariffs to be among the highest economical blunders, not for economic reasons, but because tariffs dare to assert national rights in a telos of universal liberalism.

But is he right about the foreign influence?

As has been widely reported, @MikeBenzCyber has unpacked the details of the friendship between John Roberts and Norm Eisen, and their Prague vacations where they discussed "American and European rule-of-law issues" together.

But there's more to it. A lot more. 👇

As always, patience as I pull the thread together.
Read all about Mike's exposure here:

https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1907733996743930152

🧵 THREAD: Tom Nichols hates you more than you hate him, and here are the receipts.

Thread below. stwo weeks, military commentators across 𝕏 have been dogpiling @RadioFreeTom for his criticism of Hegseth and his insufferable debate style... bemoaning the lack of War College graduates in his feed while banning actual alumni like @CynicalPublius, @infantrydort, and As.

He's not sorry about it.

So I compiled a dossier on him. And it's worse than you think.

I have never encountered a public figure who carries this much contempt for his own country... not its government, not its politicians, but its people. The Americans he spent 25 years teaching at the Naval War College? He thinks they're the greatest threat to democracy.

That's a direct quote.

It raises a serious question: should someone who views American servicemen as a danger to the republic have any influence over how they are sent to war?

I think his material at the Naval War College should be retroactively reviewed. I'm serious.

As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇
@RadioFreeTom He wrote a whole book on how "We, the people" is the "greatest threat to democracy in the United States."

Why? Because they don't agree with him on globalism, or China, or immigration.

🧵THREAD: Is Brooklyn, NY a Medicaid fraud hotspot?

Brooklyn, NY has a home care billing industry that defies belief.

One zip code (11232, Sunset Park) has 30,181 residents and $3.8 BILLION in Medicaid claims. That's $143,000 per man, woman, and child.

What's even stranger is that the average income is $90K, the poverty rate is below 20%, and it is one of the younger zip codes in the area.

Receipts below.👇

As always, patience as I pull together the thread.
Case study NPI 1396051694: AssistCareHome Healthcare Services at 148 39th Street Building 19, 4th Floor.

1.4 billion in claims paid per DOGE data.

Services 6000+ unique beneficiaries a month, files 20 claims per beneficiary, bills 23MM a month.

Nothing on Google Maps about this place.

1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2024-05,6295,133302,23561537.56
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2024-07,6240,131852,23311281.66
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2023-03,6735,147135,23138674.52
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2023-05,6617,146639,23112662.09
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2023-10,6571,139728,23027910.07
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2023-08,6632,147905,22893647.71
1396051694,1396051694,T1019,2024-01,6261,130763,22572233.74

🧵🚨 THREAD: How 50501 Was Co-Opted By the NGO Protest Industry - And Its Creator Doxxed 🚨🧵

50501, one of the most prominent organizations behind the past year's protests, started as a Reddit post.
“50 states. 50 protests. 1 movement.”

Within months:
• Federal trademark filings
• Competing nonprofits
• Moderator purges
• Social media takeover
• Coalition absorption
• The original creator pushed out

And yes... he was doxxed in the process.

This was structural capture by the NGO establishment.

Here are the receipts. 👇

And as always, patience as I pull this thread together:
Here's the timeline.

On January 27, 2025, Carlos Álvarez-Aranyos registers American Opposition Super PAC with FEC, 9 days before 50501's first protest.

🧵 THREAD: A new report raises serious questions about the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and foreign government engagement.

An explosive analysis by @ncri_io documents repeated, state-facilitated delegations by DSA to Venezuela, Cuba, and China, and asks whether these activities warrant a FARA compliance inquiry.

As always, patience as I pull the thread together. 👇 The DSA is a socialist political organization in the United States that operates alongside communist and other left-revolutionary currents. Once a candidate is endorsed, DSA chapters often mobilize substantial organizational support, including coordinated volunteer efforts, fundraising, and campaign infrastructure.

🚨 BREAKING: Siembra NC doxxing websites being attacked 🚨

Siembra NC (EIN 87-2256899) runs three ICE doxxing websites - Luce/Gyrelabs (covering MA), Ojo Obrero (covering NC), and a future project, DEICER, which appears to be a future project providing nationwide coverage.

RC Concepcion, Terri Williams, Andrew Garcia, and Scott Spencer have been identified to be the masters behind these sites and have been reported to the authorities.

Per @astrarce , the 1000+ users signed up to both sites have received a text alert with the meme attached.
2,044 push notifications have been sent to the users of Ojo Obrero and Gyrelabs.

Reddit starting to notice.

Yeah, the hackers of StopICE weren't kidding.

I can personally testify that the names, logins, passwords, locations (down to coordinates), and phone numbers of 100K+ users were all sent to FBI, ICE, HSI, and more.

Sherman Austin was given time to tell his users of this security breach. Sherman Austin failed his lesson.

Follow @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap . Holy crap what a piece of 💩 that Sherman Austin is. Lying to his users outright like that.

🚨🚨 MAJOR BREAKING : The largest ICE license plate tracker, StopICE, has been compromised 🚨🚨

First, follow @astrarce and @bitchuneedsoap .

If you visit the StopICE license plate tracker, you will note all their plates have been overwritten with the following image: This is in plain sight: stopice.net/login/data/tem…

🚨💵 BREAKING: SIGNALGATE DONORS LIST AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD; POLITICIANS + FOREIGN LEADERSHIP CONFIRMED?

In one of the files revealed by @camhigby , a resources file directs people with money to a website, Stand with Minnesota, which in turns directs donors to a campaign ran by Tending the Soil on Chuffed.

More about Tending the Soil later. What to know: the campaign is hosted by Chuffed and the first donation came from Jonny Soppotiuk, a Canada-based community organizer who is part of Chuffed leadership and specializes in fundraising. He is most likely a central figure in raising money.

So, yeah. Starting to look like foreigners are playing a key role in all of this.

That's not all. I've put together a spreadsheet of 4000+ donors and their possible identities.

👇 Download in the next link below 👇


Download for yourself! Consider subscribing to me if you want to support my efforts here.
drive.proton.me/urls/6ZRM56093…

Important thread to read through

https://twitter.com/SmartMaticEng/status/2011904692549476628

I mean...

Everyone needs to read this thread to understand how the Constitution is being targeted and that NED is a key player in this.

NED is my red line for Republicans. If you vote for NED, you deserve primarying. I don't care if you have sentimental attachments to NED as being founded by Reagan to destroy Communism, or that the people you know in NED are conservative and well-meaning.

NED is now working to destroy the Constitution.

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1987352865711747329

If you don't believe me - let's go to Rachel Kleinfeld. She is perhaps the most credentialed expert with NED:

・Trustee of the National Endowment for Democracy
・Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
・Trustee of Freedom House
・Served on the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board under President Obama
・Senior advisor to the Democracy Funders Network, the same $33B philanthropic coalition steering “democracy” funding

🧵 THREAD: Cross-Addresses

Been working on geocoding all day, and thought I'd share some interesting co-located addresses.

First up, AAC Homecare LLC and AarkosMED Homecare LLC -- completely different registrations, both current, both going to the same address. Arkos has a storefront, that also appears to lead to a massage salon ...

Carespot Inc is also at 2525 E Franklin Ave #280, which is the same location as Civic Ark (EIN 260903134, a Somalian "democracy" NGO) back in 2019. Interestingly, Carespot also originally was registered at being at Suite 150 rather than 280, which is where Civic Ark is now currently located.